Indirect linear fixture

• US 9,188,290 B2
• Filed: 03/15/2013
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: IDEAL Industries Lighting, LLC (Ideal Industries Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: CREE Incorporated (Wolfspeed, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lay, Michael, Snell, Nathan
• Primary Examiner(s): Tso, Laura
• Application Number:
  US13/834,605
• Publication Number:
  US 20130286637A1
• Time in Patent Office: 977 Days
• Field of Search: 362/218, 362/221, 362/217.05, 362/294
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/026 intended to be recessed in a ceiling or like overhead structure, e.g. suspended ceiling
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/04 intended only for mounting on a ceiling or the like overhead structures F21S8/02 takes precedence; details of ceiling bases F21V21/03
• CPC Class Codes: F21S 8/06 by suspension
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 21/02 Wall, ceiling, or floor bases; Fixing pendants or arms to the bases F21V21/08 takes precedence; bases for movable standing lamps F21V21/06
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 23/009 the casing being inside the housing of the lighting device
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 25/12 Flameproof or explosion-proof arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 29/70 characterised by passive heat-dissipating elements, e.g. heat-sinks
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 7/0008 providing for indirect lighting
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2103/10 comprising a linear array of point-like light-generating elements
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]

Abstract

A light fixture comprising a chamber portion is disclosed. In some embodiments, the fixture comprises a chamber portion shaped to house circuitry required for lighting elements such as light emitting diodes (LEDs) mounted elsewhere in the fixture. In some embodiments, LEDs are mounted facing a back reflector, which in turn reflects light out of a troffer to form an indirect lighting fixture. In some embodiments, light is emitted from one mixing chamber. In some embodiments, light is emitted from two or more mixing chambers. In some embodiments, LEDs are mounted on a heat sink which cooperates with a chamber portion.

Claims

1. A light fixture comprising:

a housing shaped to define an interior surface;

a back reflector on said interior surface;

a heat sink spanning the length of said housing; and

a chamber portion defining an internal space shaped to house electrical components, wherein said chamber portion cooperates with said heat sink and at least a portion of said heat sink passes through said chamber portion.

2. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising at least one end cap on one end of said housing, said housing and said heat sink joining to said end cap.

3. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising at least one light source on a mount surface of said heat sink such that said at least one light source emits light that is incident on said back reflector.

4. The light fixture of claim 3, further comprising a lens on said heat sink and over said at least one light source.

5. The light fixture of claim 3, further comprising a flame barrier on said heat sink and over said at least one light source.

6. The light fixture of claim 3, further comprising a flame barrier partially over said at least one light source;

wherein a portion of said at least one light source protrudes through said flame barrier.

7. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising a removable universal mount bracket attached to an external back side surface of said chamber portion.

8. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said back reflector is textured.

9. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said back reflector comprises micro-mixing optics.

10. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said chamber portion is disposed in the center region of said housing.

11. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said housing comprises at least a portion of an interior surface on either side of said chamber portion.

12. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said chamber portion is disposed at one end of said housing.

13. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said housing is elongated and said chamber portion is transverse to said elongated housing.

14. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising first and second end caps, wherein said chamber portion runs longitudinally from said first end cap toward said second end cap.

15. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising first and second end caps;

wherein said chamber portion runs longitudinally between said first and second end caps.

16. The light fixture of claim 1, further comprising lens plates extending away from both sides of said heat sink toward said back reflector.

17. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said elongated housing comprises extruded plastic.

18. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said light fixture is configured to be mounted to a ceiling.

19. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said light fixture is mounted such that it is recessed within a ceiling.

20. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said light fixture is suspended from a ceiling by one or more suspension devices.

21. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said internal space houses electrical components;

and

wherein said electrical components comprise an AC to DC converter.

22. The light fixture of claim 1, wherein said internal space houses electrical components;

and

wherein said electrical components comprise an AC to DC converter and a DC to DC converter.

23. A light fixture comprising:

a housing shaped to define two or more interior surfaces;

a back reflector on each of said interior surfaces;

a heat sink proximate to said back reflectors and spanning the length of said housing;

a chamber portion defining an internal space shaped to house electrical components, wherein said chamber portion cooperates with said heat sink;

at least one light source on a mounting surface of said heat sink such that said at least one light source is aimed to emit light toward at least one of said back reflectors.

24. The light fixture of claim 23, further comprising first and second end caps;

wherein said chamber portion runs from said first end cap toward said second end cap.

25. The light fixture of claim 24, wherein said chamber portion runs from said first end cap to said second end cap.

26. A light fixture comprising:

a housing having a length and defining an interior space;

a back reflector in said interior space;

a heat sink running from a first end of said housing to a second end of said housing and proximate to said back reflector;

a plurality of light sources on said heat sink and facing said back reflector;

a chamber portion between said first and second ends of said housing.